Bubble-blower.



Patented my 22, won..-

. P. n. HORTON.

BUBBLE BLOWER.

(Application filed Jan. 31, 1899.)

(No Model.)

591 cit/170M Rms PETERS 00 PNOTO-LITHO. WASNINGTON n c UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIQE.

PETER D. HORTON, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO 'WILLIAM A. PATTERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

BUBBL'E-BLOWERV SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,323, dated 22, 1900. Application filed January 31, 1899. Serial No. '704,052. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER D. HORTON, a

citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding in the city of Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bubble Blowers, of which the following is a specifioation.

My invention has for its object mainly the production of an improved bubble-blower capable of producing two or more bubbles either singly or in clusters at the same time. It has the capacity also to form a considerable number of bubbles from a single charging or immersion of the device in the soapy solution and to detach and project the formed bubble to a considerable distance.

To such end and object my said invention consists in certain novel construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter particularly described and claimed, and as shown in the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective View of a bubble-blower made according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a top view. Fig. 4 is a top view of the body portion of the blower, with the removable partition used in forming a cluster of bubbles. Fig. 5 is a perspective of that attachment removed from the blower.

This improved bubble-blower is composed of a hollow cylindrical body A, open at both ends and divided interiorly into two compartments by a plug 0, having a longitudinal aperture or passage C through which one space communicates with the other. Fixed in the side of the cylindrical body is a hollow stem B, standing at right angles, so as to terminate in or intercept the contracted passage a The cylinder should have thin walls, or its body should be reduced in thickness at and around the ends, so as to produce a thin lip or rim. A socket a in one side of the body and in the plug 0 takes the end of the stem, which is fitted tightly therein,- so that while holding in place without other fastenings it may be loosened and removed if it be desired to reduce the size of the device for packing and shipping. The body is best made of wood of relatively=soft quality, such as bass- Wood, as I have found from experiment that the absorbent character of the wood is an advantage in taking up the soapy solution and in retaining on the walls of the cylinder a sufficient charge or quantity to produce a considerable number of bubbles at one operation without requiring the cylinder to be again charged by immersing in the solution. A sheet-metal stem is preferred to one of wood, however, on account of its greater strength and lightness. It should be mentioned also that the body may be made of sheet metal for the same reasons.

With a blower thus constructed two bubbles can be formed at the same time by immersing both ends of the cylinder in the soapy solution and then holding the body in a horizontal position while blowing, or by turning the body into a Vertical position and reversing or turning it end for end at intervals a considerable number of bubbles may be formed and detached to float in the air before it is necessary to dip the ends of the cylinder into the solution again.

Twin bubbles and bubbles in clusters are produced at pleasure by inserting in the end of the cylinder a separator composed in the one case of a flat strip D and in the other of a skeleton plug D, having several radial partitions. Either one of these when inserted in theend of the blower-body divides the space within into two or more passages, from each of which a bubble will issue, and the whole number of bubbles thus formed will unite beyond the rim before they become detached from the blower.

Figs. 2, 4, and 5 of the drawings illustrate the shape of these separators D and D and their position in the blower-body when in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device for blowing bubbles, consisting of ahollow cylindrical body open at both ends and divided interiorly into two compartments, a contracted passage connecting one compartment with the other, and a hollow stem fixed in thebody at right angles thereto and intercepting the said contracted connecting passage.

2. A bubble-blowing device, consisting of a hollow cylindrical body open at both ends, a plug fixed therein midway between the two ends, dividing the interior diametrically into two compartments of about equal size, a contracted passage through said plug, and ahollow stern inserted through one side of the body so as to terminate in and intercept the contracted passage.

3. A bubble-blowing device, consisting of a hollow cylindrical body open at the ends,

a plug centrally fixed therein dividing the interior into two compartments, having a passage extending longitudinally through it, a hollow stem extending into the said body so as to intercept the said passage, and a sepal5 rator in the end of the cylindrical body and dividing the cylinder-space longitudinally into several compartments.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal PETER D. HORTON. IL. s.] Witnesses E. H. THARP, EDWARD E. OSBORN. 

